长江上游特有鱼类,是指局限分布于长江宜昌以上干支流水域或偶见于长江中下游,但其种群存在于长江上游、必须依靠长江上游的种群才能维持物种长期生存的鱼类。它们代表了一群我国独有的、长期适应长江上游激流环境的水中精灵,在我国生物多样性保护及人们的文化生活中占有重要的地位。 The endemic fish in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River refer to those fish that are limited to the dry-branch waters above Yichang, or are found in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. However, their populations exist in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. They represent a group of our country’s unique water elves adapted to the long-term rapids in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, playing an important role in biodiversity conservation and people’s cultural life in our country.